Shortcuts

Saving Your Image

Click on File then Save. Your image will be saved on your device usually under Downloads.

Keeping All Layers

Save as PSD to save your image including its layers by clicking the dropdown underneath the Save button and selecting "Save PSD". Layers will be restored when you open a PSD file. You can also open these files in other software (e.g. Krita, Clip Studio).

Save As:

• PNG - lossless image without layers
• PSD - image including layer information (Photoshop format)
• Layers - each layer saved as a separate PNG

Importing Images

Import images from your Desktop by dragging them onto the canvas. You can then use them as a new layer or start a new image with them. Alternatively use File > Import.

Supported Filetypes:
JPEG, PNG, PSD (with limitations), (SVG, WEBP, BMP, GIF)

Browser Storage

This stores the current state of your image locally inside your browser. It also keeps all of the layers intact. When you reopen Kleki at a later time, it will automatically load the image.

Important:
- The browser may delete your image unprompted, depending on disk space and settings
- Kleki does not autosave, so you need to manually click Store
- Stores 1 image at a time. Pressing Store again, will overwrite the last image.

Use Save for permanent storage.

Pressure Sensitivity

If you use a stylus (Wacom tablet, Apple Pencil, ...) and your browser supports it, then Kleki offers pressure sensitivity. You can toggle it next to the brush sliders. That way your pen pressure can affect brush size and opacity.

Input Devices

It is recommended to use a pen/stylus for drawing because it is by far the most fun, fast, and expressive tool for drawing. Touchpads/trackpads are not suited for drawing lines.

Use zoom and the stabilizer to increase the precision of your linework with any input device.

Stabilizer

Stabilization makes it easier to control your lines by lagging behind and averaging your drawing motion. This is mostly used to create clean final lineart. It can also help making drawing easier in general when you only have a mouse.

The responsiveness of no stabilization is desirable for fast sketching, or for large brush sizes, where jitter is less visible.

iPad is stuck zoomed in

Due to a bug in iPadOS 13, you can end up stuck zoomed in after double-tapping.
How to fix it:
- Tap on AA in the address bar
- Tap the left A once, then the right once
- Rotate your iPad 90° and wait for the orientation to change
- Rotate your iPad back into the original position and wait for the orientation to change

Now it should be back to normal.

Video Tutorials

YouTube - A drawing with depth of field

YouTube - Isaac Lundgren - Digital Painting Lesson for Kids at Home!

YouTube - Isaac Lundgren - Desert Landscape

YouTube - Christine Caswell - How to use layers

YouTube - Toni Hauri - Digital Shading Exercises #4

YouTube - Casting a Shadow

YouTube - Colored Lineart

YouTube - Symmetry Painting

YouTube - Playing with a photo

YouTube - Playing with a photo 2

YouTube - Moon Illustration